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Staircase with cosmetic defects like cracked, ornate tiles and chipped wall paint.

Home Inspection Cosmetic Defects and Issues

May 15, 2025
Three pieces of differently colored paper stacked on top of each other, like separate contracts for separate services.

Why Inspectors Need Custom Home Inspection Contracts: The Power of Separate Contracts for Separate Services

April 15, 2025
An assortment of tools one might use to perform home inspection repairs. Can home inspectors do repairs? We explain why they shouldn’t.

Home Inspection Repairs: What You Should (and Shouldn’t) Do

February 15, 2025
Zoomed-in image of elderly man and woman sitting together and signing a home inspection contract on paper, smiles on their faces.

12 Ways to Get Your Home Inspection Contract Signed Before You Start

February 15, 2024
Man writing an inspection report using defect classifications.

What Are Good Inspection Report Writing Practices for Defect Classification?

July 15, 2023
Shadowed figure of a child with thick, curly hair holding a megaphone and speaking into it, as if shouting a liability disclaimer.

How to Make Your Home Inspection Disclaimers More Effective

May 15, 2023
Zoomed in view of two feminine, Caucasian hands passing a blank, white sheet of paper from one to the other, presumably between two women. Used to illustrate release of claims or release of liability contract as a means of limiting home inspector liability.

Release of Claims: A Contract to Limit Home Inspector Liability

January 15, 2023
Recommendations, as depicted via chat bubble with three dots

Recommendations in Home Inspection Reports: 6 Ways to Limit Your Liability

October 15, 2021
inspection clients read reports

7 Ways to Encourage Home Inspection Clients to Read Reports

February 1, 2021

Your Pre-Inspection Agreement: Housekeeping

December 1, 2020
authorized agents

Your Pre-Inspection Agreement: Authorized Agents

November 1, 2020

Your Pre-Inspection Agreement: Signatures

October 1, 2020